Can Cannabis Help Treat Tourette Syndrome? Tourette (too-RET) syndrome is a nervous system (neurological) disorder that starts in childhood. It involves unusual repetitive movements or unwanted sounds that can't be controlled (tics). For instance, you may repeatedly blink your eyes, shrug your shoulders or jerk your head. In some cases, you might unintentionally blurt out [...]

How is it justified that a six-year-old girl has 100 seizures a day and is living in a state where medical marijuana is illegal and therefore unavailable to her? This is a question that has plagued the parents of Sophia, a little girl from Ohio who suffers from severe intractable epilepsy. This means that legally [...]

An often misunderstood, yet nonetheless widespread ailment, ADHD has become tainted by many believing it is an excuse for misbehaving children. In reality, it is a genuine neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder that not only affects children, but adults also. A study titled “The European consensus statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD” discovered that around [...]

People should be allowed to use cannabis to help treat their medical conditions, Nick Clegg said today. The Deputy Prime Minister said cannabis should be available in a 'straightforward legal way' to help people alleviate their symptoms. Mr Clegg's remarks came after new academic research revealed users of super-strength cannabis, known as 'skunk, are three [...]